2025 Juneteenth Keynote Lecture June 17, 2025 4:30pm — 6:30pm Location: In Person - Rangos Ballroom 1/2, Cohon University Center Speaker: Dr. CLARENCE LANG , Susan Welch Dean, College of the Liberal Arts, and , Professor of African American Studies, Penn State University https://la.psu.edu/people/czl5859/ Echoes of Freedom & Jubilation Clarence Lang is the Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts and professor of African American studies at Penn State. A specialist in African American urban history and social movements, he has spearheaded initiatives that expand student access and career readiness while advancing the recruitment, retention, and professional development of diverse faculty and staff. Before joining Penn State in 2019, Lang held posts at the University of Kansas, including Dean’s Professor, chair of African and African American Studies, and interim director of the Hall Center for the Humanities. An Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, he is the author of “Grassroots at the Gateway: Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936–75” and “Black America in the Shadow of the Sixties,” and co‑editor of three volumes on anticommunism, A. Philip Randolph, and Black urban history. Event Website: https://www.cmu.edu/cce-office/events/2025/juneteenth.html?utm_campaign=2025-05-22%20Piper&utm_source=announce&utm_medium=all&utm_content=campus_0_0&utm_term=0_0&utm_id=save%20the%20date%20for%20juneteenth%20events Add event to Google Add event to iCal
